Well things have finally come to an end. As my time with GSoC wraps up I look back and realize how quickly the summer came to an end, and how much fun I had. After my short trip out of province to visit family and friends I arrived home yesterday to finish off the last [...]
Posted on August 15th, 2008 by jphr
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Well having gotten back into the swing of things and well on my way to getting my screencasts done I’m starting to feel much better. I (think I) have finished my first screencast; having learnt very quickly that a good script is a huge part of successfully taping a good screencast. Second to that is [...]
Posted on August 1st, 2008 by jphr
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Well as a culmination of many things this week probably turned out to be the biggest waste of time/disappointment of my time with GSoC. As a result of 5 large dogs, 4 adults and 1 baby taking up temporary residency in my home (I think its called “visiting”) I’ve gone from productive to… well not [...]
Posted on July 25th, 2008 by jphr
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I unfortunately need to be brief this weekly report; Companies coming saturday and our house needs much tidying and chores, many of which I am responsible for :(. This week was another one of those “feel good” weeks that happens when a lot of things go right very quickly. The last such time like this [...]
Posted on July 18th, 2008 by jphr
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Glad to be back into the swing of things and actively coding again. This week marked the end of the first half of GSoC and the beginning of the last! All in all, it was a week full of “in-betweens;” I spent a good portion of the week working on my official GSoC midterm report, [...]
Posted on July 11th, 2008 by jphr
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Seeing that midterms evaluations lay so near things have started to get exciting again! This week saw the transition from private alpha testing to actual player testing, a good deal of C++ reading, and the start of planning for the second half of the term. I have to say my spirits were starting to wane, [...]
Posted on July 4th, 2008 by jphr
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Contrary to my previous belief I did actually end up having a week where I spent less than full time working :P. This is a result of a trip to Winnipeg to attend my sister’s high school graduation. Things went well, and I’m sure my sister will appreciate entering a Digital Arts program with a [...]
Posted on June 27th, 2008 by jphr
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Well I have to say the weeks are flying by more quickly each week. Not so much in a “oh my god I’ll never get done” way, more of a “I’m enjoying my job and the time spent working goes quickly” way. This week started off a little rough, some (or maybe just one?) migraine [...]
Posted on June 20th, 2008 by jphr
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This week was a big week for me and Risk. At the close of last week I had a ruleset that just barely displayed in a client, and had a few moves that did nothing. Today, one week later, I have a fully playable ruleset with unit movement and reinforcement move “fully” implemented in their [...]
Posted on June 13th, 2008 by jphr
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The time has come yet again for another weekly report. I have to admit I didn’t think time would fly by so quickly at the beginning of the week. But as they say, “time flies when your having fun.” It holds a lot of truth as I am really starting to enjoy myself this week. [...]
Posted on June 6th, 2008 by jphr
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